- [first lines]
- Diane Chambers: [Diane walks into the bar] Hello, everyone.
- Sam Malone: [quietly] Hey.
- [there is a general quiet acknowledgment by everyone in the bar to Diane's entrance]
- Diane Chambers: Oh, come on! What kind of a greeting is that? When Norm comes in, you all yell, "Norm!" - make a big fuss over him. Is it asking too much for me to get the same treatment once in a while?
- Sam Malone: She's right. Try it again, sweetheart.
- Diane Chambers: Yeah. Thanks.
- [Diane walks out of the bar, and re-enters]
- Diane Chambers: Hello, everyone.
- Everyone in the Bar: [shouts] Norm!
- Diane Chambers: That's better.
- Sam Malone: [about public television] That's my favorite station.
- Diane Chambers: It is?
- Sam Malone: Yeah, yeah. I especially like those two guys that talk about the day's events.
- Diane Chambers: MacNeil/Lehrer?
- Sam Malone: Ah, no, no, ah, Bert and Ernie. Oh, wait a minute. Unless, maybe that's their last names.